Rein-ring.



J. GROVER. REIN RING. APPLICATION FILED MAR.31, 1913.-

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jnssn GRovER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockerville, in the county of Pennington and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Rings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in harness attachments and more particularly to a rein ring and has for its object to provide a simple and efiicient device of this character which will most effectively carry out the purpose for which the same i designed.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a ring which is split and provided with means for retaining the arms thereof in contact with one another and a still further object resides in providing a ring provided with a pair of removable rollers which are held in position in the ring by means of the securing means for the arms of said ring.

VVit-h the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a .part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the ring. Fig. t is a'vertical central section therethrough as seen on line 4 4, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 indicates a body of ring-like form, preferably of spring metal and split at the upper portion thereof as shown at 2 to provide a pair of arms or the like. Formed on the lower portion of the ring-like body 1 and depending therefrom is a shank 3, which has the lower portion of the same threaded and provided with a head or the like 4 adja'cent the upper portion thereof. Formed in the upper portions of the arms of this substantial ring-like body are the openings 5 which receive therein the shafts or pins 6,

the lower ends of the latter being received- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 31, 1913.

ring member together.

Patented Feb. 1? 191a.

Serial No. 757,927.

in cavities or recesses 7 formed on the inner periphery of the ring-like body at the lower portion thereof. These shafts carry the sleeve-like rollers 8 thereon and in order to retain the shafts and rollers carried thereby 1n position in the ring-like body, and at the same time secure the arms of said ring-like body together at the split ends thereof, a channel or the like 9 is formed in the arms of the ring-like body at said split portion thereof, said channel commencing at the outer peripheral edge of the one arm of said ring member and continuing therethrough into the adjacent end of the other arm. The portion of the channel 9 which terminates in the last mentioned arm of the ring member is threaded and a set screw 10 extending through said channel from the outer end thereof, is adapted to be engaged with this threaded portion to secure the arms of said This set screw, as will be seen from Fig. 2 of the drawing,

passes over the upper ends of the shafts orv pins 6 and retains the latter in position in the ring member.

In operation, assuming that the ring member is completely set up and in use, should it be desired to remove the rollers for any reason whatsoever, it is only necessary to remove the set screw 10 which extends across the openings 5 in the upper portion ofthe ring member. The removal of the set screw will obviously permit the removal of the shafts 6, whereby the sleeve-like rollers may be removed. a

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention and while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a ring-like body split at the upper portion thereof to provide a pair of converging arms. said arms adjacent the split portion of thebodybeing provided with vertical openings and the body'being provided at its lower central portion wit-h spaced openings and also having a transverse channel extending through the upper portion thereof to intersect the openings adjacent the split portion of the same, said channel terminating at its one end in a socket in the periphery of the one arm of the body, the opposite termination of the channel being within the other arm and threaded, shanks having their upper and lower ends mounted respectively in the aforesaid upper and lower openings 01 the body, rollers mounted on said shafts, a set screw disposed in the transverse channel of the body and engaged with the threaded portion of the channel to secure the ends of the arms together and simultaneously retain the shafts and rollers in 15 position, and means on the lower portion of said body for securing the same to an object. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J ESSE GROVER.

l/Vitnesses:

A, K. THoMAs, SARAH GRovER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

